Archived News

22/09/2025 (Market Screener), Manitoba - Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange continued their downturn Monday with the November contract falling to a six-month low.

19/09/2025 (The Edge Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia has raised its October crude palm oil reference price to a level that maintains the export duty range at 10%, a statement by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board showed on Friday.

21/09/2025 (New Age) - The Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association has submitted a proposal to the commerce ministry, seeking price hikes of soya bean oil and palm oil.

20/09/2025 (Business Today) - Malaysia’s export growth slowed sharply to 1.9% year-on-year in August (July: +6.5%), missing consensus expectations of 3.0% but faring better than Kenanga Investment Bank’s forecast of a 2.0% contraction.

19/09/2025 (Free Malaysia Today), Petaling Jaya - Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil has launched the MSPO Impact Alliance, a multi-stakeholder platform established to position and strengthen Malaysia’s leadership in sustainable palm oil.

22/09/2025 (The Interpreter) - Indonesia, the world’s largest palm oil producer, is once again at the centre of global energy and trade debates. The government has confirmed plans to advance its biodiesel program with a mandatory blend of either B50 (50% palm-based biodiesel) or B45 starting in 2026, though the final decision is still under review. This move reflects Jakarta’s ambition to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels, strengthen domestic energy security, and support palm oil producers facing an increasingly volatile global market.

19/09/2025 (Borneo Post Online), Kuching - The Sarawak government has pledged to strengthen its collaboration with industry players to ensure the palm oil sector remains both competitive and sustainable.

18/09/2025 (Dayak Daily), Kuching - Sarawak’s palm oil industry raked in RM14.3 billion in 2023, accounting for 10.9 percent of the State’s total exports and surpassing crude petroleum as the State’s leading export commodity.

18/09/2025 (Tanahair Net) - The Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) has launched a program to process oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) into bioethanol using glucose extraction technology, turning a previously underutilised byproduct into a renewable energy source.

18/09/2025 (VOI, Indonesia), Jakarta - The Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) has compiled a budget estimate to distribute additional social assistance in the form of 2 liters of cooking oil for underprivileged communities.

18/09/2025 (Antara News), Jakarta - Minister of Finance, Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, has agreed to a proposal from the House of Representatives’ Budget Committee (Banggar DPR RI) to add 2 liters of cooking oil to the government’s rice-based food assistance program.

19/09/2025 (The Global News Light of Myanmar) - Local edible oil mills have been warned of a large-scale stock of oil cakes that may lead prices to rise, said Myanmar Edible Oil Millers’ Association (MEOMA) in a notice issued on 18 September.